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Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 12:13 am |
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http://www.infowars.net/articles/january2007/180107Bloggers_Prison.htm
Richard A. Viguerie, Chairman of GrassrootsFreedom.com, a website
dedicated to fighting efforts to silence grassroots movements, states:
"Section 220 of S. 1, the lobbying reform bill currently before the
Senate, would require grassroots causes, even bloggers, who communicate
to 500 or more members of the public on policy matters, to register and
report quarterly to Congress the same as the big K Street lobbyists.
Section 220 would amend existing lobbying reporting law by creating the
most expansive intrusion on First Amendment rights ever. For the first
time in history, critics of Congress will need to register and report
with Congress itself."
In other words Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats may redefine the meaning
of lobbying in order that political communications to and even between
citizens falls under the same legislation.
Under current law any 'lobbyist" who 'knowingly and willingly fails to
file or report." quarterly to the government faces criminal charges
including a possible jail term of up to one year. |
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 3:08 pm |
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knews4u2chew@yahoo.com wrote:
Quote: http://www.infowars.net/articles/january2007/180107Bloggers_Prison.htm
Richard A. Viguerie, Chairman of GrassrootsFreedom.com, a website
dedicated to fighting efforts to silence grassroots movements, states:
"Section 220 of S. 1, the lobbying reform bill currently before the
Senate, would require grassroots causes, even bloggers, who communicate
to 500 or more members of the public on policy matters, to register and
report quarterly to Congress the same as the big K Street lobbyists.
Section 220 would amend existing lobbying reporting law by creating the
most expansive intrusion on First Amendment rights ever. For the first
time in history, critics of Congress will need to register and report
with Congress itself."
In other words Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats may redefine the meaning
of lobbying in order that political communications to and even between
citizens falls under the same legislation.
Under current law any 'lobbyist" who 'knowingly and willingly fails to
file or report." quarterly to the government faces criminal charges
including a possible jail term of up to one year.
We don't need no stinking lawss.
We have policy.
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyid=2007-01-22T123316Z_01_L22266131_RTRUKOC_0_US-AUSTRALIA-BAN.xml&src=rss&rpc=22 |
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